Printing a bunch of files at once - how?

Question

Alright, I've been using solidworks for a long time (since 96 plus or something), and have not picked up some of the handier newer features.

Isn't there a way to print a bunch of drawings at once?

Specifically, I want to print PDF's, using Acrobat Writer, or another PDF'ing program.

Is there a way to do this? As in, select 20 files in one directory, and print them all?

Thanks.

John Layne · Accepted Answer

Search for PAC4SWX or get the full version of Bluebeam, I have both,.

I prefer Bluebeam for dealing with PDF's, it has a lot of control over the quality of the PDF plus you can and stamps, watermarks and you can combine all the drawings into one PDF document with Bookmarks.

PAC4SWX I use for batch printing converting files to dxf and producing edrawing etc.

Note a lot of these task can be done with SolidWorks Task Scheduler which is free, you will need to have a pdf printer installed to use create pdfs.

When I last tried Task Scheduler some time ago I quickly went back to PAC4SWX, as it has far more useful features.

Links to both can be found on the links page of my website.

John Layne

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james · Answer

Alright, I've been using solidworks for a long time (since 96 plus or something), and have not picked up some of the handier newer features.

Isn't there a way to print a bunch of drawings at once?

Specifically, I want to print PDF's, using Acrobat Writer, or another PDF'ing program.

Is there a way to do this? As in, select 20 files in one directory, and print them all?

Thanks.

Jean Marc · Answer

There used to be around a "batch print" soft. Never dwnloaded or tried it."james"  a écrit dans le message de news:

RaceBikesOrWork · Answer

Why not highlight the files, right click, and print?james wrote:

Dale Dunn · Answer

This is not free if you only paid for basic SW.

ryanhay · Answer

i use ecoprint theo is a great guy about $50its my print solution for dwy pdf and all printersDale Dunn wrote:

Ben Eadie · Answer

I use SW Batch Print  (free) and then PDF995 which was 10 bucks when I bought it. Works slick you just batch print to the PDF995 printer and voila!Benjames wrote:

Markku Lehtola · Answer

Does it print all files for you, or is the print order ok? Last time I tried that I had these 2 problems. Order is something that I can live with, but if I can't be sure that all files are printed...not good.

rmontminy · Answer

In windows explorer, cntrl or shift select the files to print, and RMB'print' from the menu.  This works for me for pdfs' without any otherutility.

Markku Lehtola · Answer

Is it working for you with SW files also? I mean I had problems with the print order and it also missed some of the selected files.

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